• saalam alykum, I wanted to share some info on regarding KFC. I work at kfc and i wanted to let you know that the original seasoning has egg mix in it which contains gelatin and the grilled seasoning has chicken broth and chicken fat. I was telling you because some kfc sell halal chicken so i wanted to share this info. Allah Knows Best - Hasan

• AOA

  Thank you very much for the information. We are telling Muslims since 2002 or 2003 that both machine slaughtered chicken and seasonings are not Halal. It is possible to take picture of the ingredients statement of original seasoning, egg mix and grilled seasoning through your cell phone if it is not effect your job then send back to us then we will remind Muslims that so called Halal KFC chicken contains gelatin and chicken fat.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  05-12-13 02:50:57
• i noticed the alert about alcohol in hersheys products. however i am not clear about it. so i wish to know if the hersheys products are still halaal to consume - adil karim

•  

  AOA

  Tutorial video on home page is a learning tool to help you how to find out the Halal status of any food product,  vitamins under Food Products section, Food Ingredients under Ingredients section or E-Numbers under E-Numbers section. Personal Care Products, Medicine, or Cosmetics are under non food products section.

  You can find answers to most of your questions in Q & A section.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  04-23-13 12:20:24
• what is the update for little ceasar pizza? is the cheese still haram maybe they will answer - Anonymous user

• AOA

  So far no update.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  04-20-13 05:58:19
• Salaam, see response from little ceasers below.PLEASE ADVISE Dear Abid Vhora, Our standard specification for HNR round cheese pizza complies with the statement below. However, since most of our stores are independently owned and operated franchises, we cannot guarantee the ingredients. Little Caesars pizza is neither Halal nor Kosher certified. However, the cheese used on Little Caesars pizza is made from cows milk, the rennet is microbial and there are no Lipase enzymes used in our pizza cheese. There are no animal by-products in the sauce or dough. If you should have further questions, please contact the Little Caesar Customer Service Center at 1-800-722-3727. Emily P Customer Service Representative - Abid

• AOA

  The satement is 5 years old and I also got same. This statement does not make it Halal because Little Caesar has to answer some technical question about cheese and they refused.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  03-18-13 11:28:39
• is kentucky fried chicken halal? - umar

• AOA

  It is not Halal.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  03-17-13 04:33:02
• Assalamualaikum, I have contacted Hershey to know if there is alcohol in there milk chocolate chips. By The Way, I saw that its halal on your website. But this is what they said! Thank you for getting back to us about our HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate CHIPITS Baking Chips. The artificial flavor is vanillin. Our vanillin does not contain alcohol. Alcohol is used as a processing agent and is removed. Have a sweet day, Susan Harris Consumer Representative Do you think it halal?, as they do use alcohol in there processing agent? Please Reply ASAP. One Advice: Don't say if the product has a Kosher symbol as Halal, because Jews do drink alcohol, and eat pork. And also Rasullullah S.A.W has said that we must not follow any other religious beliefs or copy or follow what they do. So according this Hadith stop saying kosher symbol means the product doesn't contain alcohol or animal products!!! Please update your website, remove KOSHER,,,,! Thank You - Anonymous user

• AOA

  From our ALERT section and I advice you to read both ALERT and NEWS section of our website so that I do not have to reply to your question because the answer is already under ALERT section:

   

  TITLE: Hershey's E-Mail regarding alcohol used as a processing aid confusing Muslim consumers

  MCG wrote this e-mail to clarify their statement regarding alcohol and the consumer department told MCG that they will look and get back to MCG:

  Hi Mr. MCguire,
   
  Nice to talk to on the phone. The e-mail below is causing lot of confusion among our 8-10 million Muslim consumers who do not consume any food product made with ethyl alcohol. To me the e-mail is missing the "in flavors" after processing agent. Because ethyl alcohol alone never used as a processing aid or hidden ingredient in chocolate and it has no technical effect during processing.
   
  If you correct the e-mail this way then our consumer will not have any confusion:
   
  " Thank you for contacting Hershey
  
  All the products you mentioned contain vanillin. Our vanillin does not contain alcohol. Alcohol is used as a processing agent in flavors and is removed.
  
  Have a sweet day,
  
  Susan Harris
  Consumer Representative"
   
  Please forward this suggestion to your QA or Technical or legal department.
   
  Rasheed Ahmed
  Certified senior Food Scientist
  Muslim Consumer Group For Food Products USA/Canada (a non profit educational organization)
  

  www.muslimconsumergroup.com
  www.canadianhalalfoods.com
  

  
   

  Posted on: 02-12-13 00:00 AM

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  02-25-13 16:51:42
• Asalamualaikum I found that Keebler Chips Deluxe Coconut does not have alcohol used in flavor. the flavor ,I was told, comes from the coconut and no alcohol was used to get the flavor. But What about cross contamination? - Anonymous user

• AOA

  Asked them to answer the question in writing and plaease provide me the complet ingredients.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  02-19-13 12:54:53
• Hi Ebrar! Thank you for contacting The Hershey Company. Your comments about HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar are important. Our vanillin does not contain alcohol. Alcohol is used as a processing agent and is removed. Have a sweet day, Susan Harris Consumer Representative 008651259A (What is Muslim Consumer opinion?Thank you) - Ebrar

• AOA

  Hershey's E-Mail regarding alcohol used as a processing aid confusing Muslim consumers

  MCG wrote this e-mail to clarify their statement regarding alcohol and the consumer department told MCG that they will look and get back to MCG:

  Hi Mr. MCguire,
   
  Nice to talk to on the phone. The e-mail below is causing lot of confusion among our 8-10 million Muslim consumers who do not consume any food product made with ethyl alcohol. To me the e-mail is missing the "in flavors" after processing agent. Because ethyl alcohol alone never used as a processing aid or hidden ingredient in chocolate and it has no technical effect during processing.
   
  If you correct the e-mail this way then our consumer will not have any confusion:
   
  " Thank you for contacting Hershey
  
  All the products you mentioned contain vanillin. Our vanillin does not contain alcohol. Alcohol is used as a processing agent in flavors and is removed.
  
  Have a sweet day,
  
  Susan Harris
  Consumer Representative"
   
  Please forward this suggestion to your QA or Technical or legal department.
   
  Rasheed Ahmed
  Certified senior Food Scientist
  Muslim Consumer Group For Food Products USA/Canada (a non profit educational organization)
  

  www.muslimconsumergroup.com
  www.canadianhalalfoods.com
  

  
   

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  02-12-13 17:17:40
• where can we buy the new book? - Umer

• AOA

  The advertizement for this book on our website for how to buy it Inshallah will appear on this Friday our computor person is working on it. It will provide you direction how to use your credit card.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  02-04-13 15:22:33
• hi I submitted to email that I have received and I thought I'd taking my name out of the heading is there anyway you could edit the emails so that my last name isn't shown thank you so much - Anonymous user

• AOA

  Please do not write your name next time that way nobody know your last name. It will be lot of work to eliminate your name from previous Questions & Anaswers because they are over 10, 000.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  01-29-13 10:01:26
• October 15, 2012 Dear Ms. Vanvelzor, Thank you for taking the time to contact Nestlé® Coffee-mate® Non-Dairy Creamer Café Latte regarding if there is any alcohol used as a solvent in the artificial and natural flavors in this or the Hazelnut. We welcome questions and comments from loyal consumers such as yourself and appreciate this opportunity to assist you. There is no alcohol used in the products for the natural and artificial flavors; nor is it used as a solvent. At Nestlé, we are dedicated to you and your family throughout every phase of your lives. Your feedback is valuable to us, as it helps us to improve our products and services. We appreciate your interest in our products and hope you will visit our website often for the latest information on our products and promotions. Sincerely, Beverly Watson Consumer Response Representative Ref #:20180345 - Anonymous user

• AOA

  Thanks for your information. But Ms Beverly Watson who I talk to her several time did not specify the liquid form or dry form because Hazel Nut is available both liquid and powder while there is no Cafe latte mentioned on their product lsit.

  There are two problem with with Coffee-Mate, one is Carrageenan where ethyl alcohol can be used during its processing and second problem is that they claim no alcohol in the dry Coffee Mate which start with liquid natural and artificial with alcohol as solvent and alcohol is evaporated during drying of the product to claim no alcohol which is not right with respect of MCG Halal Criteria which dictates that no alcohol containing ingredients should be mixed with Halal ingredients because those Halal ingredients became not Halal. An e-amil provided by Nestle to one of our Muslim consumer mentioning the alcohol is dried out during drying. Majority of natural flavor are vanilla flavor which is obtained through alcohol.

  based on these facts we do not consider the e-mail Nestley provide to you lack technical details such as whether original flavor has alcohol or not and dried out during drying.

  I do not considered the e-mail you provide to change our status on Nestle Coffee mate products.

   

  Search results for the term: coffee mate

  Total results generated: 1

  Halal Status	Product Name	Category	Product Brand	Comments	Date
  	Dry Powder and Liquid Non Dairy Coffee Creamers	Coffee Creamers	Coffee Mate	Muslim Consumer Group is educating Muslim consumers that whenever the word "Natural Flavor" attached to Vanilla food products, it means vanilla natural flavor is extracted with alcohol and water from vanilla beans. One of our sister questioned Nestle regarding their claims "No Alcohol is used in Coffee Mate's flavor" including the Coffee Mate's Liquid Vanilla Latte which is made with Natural and Artificial Flavor. Here is their response: Dear Ms------, Thank you for taking the time to contact Nestlé® Coffee-mate® Non-Dairy Creamer regarding the alcohol content of our product. We welcome questions and comments from loyal consumers such as yourself and appreciate this opportunity to assist you. You are correct that natural vanilla is obtained by alcohol extraction. In fact, there are FDA standards of identity for vanilla extract. However, all of the flavors used in Coffee-mate are dry flavors so any alcohol will be removed during the drying process. At Nestlé, we are dedicated to you and your family throughout every phase of your lives. Your feedback is valuable to us, as it helps us to improve our products and services. We appreciate your interest in our products and hope you will visit our website often for the latest information on our products and promotions. Sincerely, Beverly Watson Consumer Response Representative Ref #:19997486 If they say no alcohol in flavor, we recommend Muslim consumers to ask to clarify whether it is originally made from liquid flavors then dried to make dry flavors. I myself exposed to this experience when I was working for Best Eaton Donut chain in Rhode Island when we are using dry flavor for vanilla donuts. The flavor supplier told me it contained dried natural vanilla flavor. This means the alcohol is evaporated during spray drying processing. So please do not consume any Natural Vanilla flavor containing food products or where Vanilla is product name with Natural & Artificial flavor. If vanillin or artificial vanilla flavor mentioned then there is no alcohol in it. This is the reason we assign "Not Halal" status to all Coffee Mate dry powder or liquid products.	06-14-12

   

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  01-28-13 16:43:26
• January 28, 2013 RE: Case ID# 88750 Thank You from Blue Diamond Dear BRENDA VANVELZOR , Thank you for contacting Blue Diamond Growers with your product inquiry. I have checked with our lab and it is confirmed that we do not use Ethyl Alcohol as a solvent. Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, Pam Schiller Assistant Consumer Advocate BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS (800) 987-2329; toll free e-mail: customerservice@bdgrowers.com - Anonymous user

• AOA

  I need complet ingredients and product name.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  01-28-13 16:39:40
• AoA. I went today to get Triaminic syrups and noticed that there is no kosher symbol on them any more. I called the company & found out that they have changed suppliers & cannot guarantee the use of non-animal by products any more. - Atiya Haider

• AOA

  Did you call them or write a e-mail. I have to confirm it then I will change the status.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  01-08-13 09:34:45
• it says on your website that "The alcohol level in Pepsi was less than 0.001% or 10 PPM as reported by Northland Lab." --then it says " It means they cannot detect alcohol in Pepsi.".. I am not sure what that means. They found 0.001 Percent, so how is it halal? - reda

• AOA

  No lab write 0% results but write minimum amount what that machine can detect as zero results. The amount 0.001% or 10 PPM is consider zero.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  01-06-13 14:26:18
• I am glad to advise your good selves that Minibabybel kosher and halal is now available in Tesco and Sainsburys and all kosher delis in the UK FB pagewww.facebook.com/pages/Elit-Kosher-Suppliers-to-the-UK-of-Mini-Babybel-kosher-and-halal/284112748292337?ref=hl please ask your readers to contact if they are having problems getting supplies regards Yeshurun - Yeshurun

• AOA

  The answer to your questions that I need the complete ingredients statement because not kosher certified products are consider Halal unless those meet the Halal requirements. MCG do not consider Kosher meat as Halal.

   

  NOT ALL KOSHER CERTIFIED FOOD PRODUCTS ARE HALAL, ONLY THOSE MEET HALAL REQUIREMENTS ARE HALAL

  The Kosher Certified food products are not considered Halal if they contain one of the following ingredient (based on MCG Halal Standard):

  (1) Gelatin (2) Kosher Gelatin (3) L-Cysteine made from human hair or chicken or duck feathers (4) Wine (5) Liquor (6) Beer batter (7) Rum flavor (8) Ethyl Alcohol or ethanol as a main ingredient (9) Cochineal or Carmine (10) Naturally Brewed Soy Sauce (11) Brewer’s Yeast Extract from byproduct of beer making  (12) Nucleotides (13) Vanilla Extract (14) Wine Vinegar (15) If ethyl alcohol is used as a solvent in natural and artificial flavors (16) Confectionary Glaze or Resinous Glaze (17) Torula Yeast grown on alcohol (18) if Carrageenan is made with ethyl alcohol.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  12-19-12 05:06:01
• is maggi haram or halal? - mohammad salman

• AOA

  A few Maggi Halal and other are not Halal. The one with green dot is Halal if no flavor present.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  12-11-12 02:36:40
• Bismillaah hir Rahman nir Raheem Assalaamualikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu, Mashallah, May Almighty Allah be pleased with your work ..Amin Further, would like give mashwarah regarding the enviornment in which the the food gets prepared makes the food to be halal in doubt..To our best knowledge...few open truth such as Pizza hut pizza..though you have named couple of pizza halal...as we all know the kichen carries Haram items too ..so its sure that any part/particle of that may get contaminated ...As Prophet Muhammed Sallallaahu alihiwallam said in Shahih Muslim...We need to stay away from even those in which you fall in doubt...that is what is Taqwah..leading to Jannah ..Insha Allah. Wassallam Dr Abdul Majid (Abdullah) - Dr Majid Shaik (Abdullah)

• AOA

  I agree with Hadith. Our Halal status of Pizza Hut and Papa John is based on the raw material before it baked in to cheese pizza. MCG is alo says that they will not take any responsibity for the cross contamination. It is the job of the Muslim consumers who want to consume those cheese pizza to make sure no cross contaminatio happened at the stores. MCG do not encourage to eat those cheese pizza if Muslim thinks it is hard to avoid the cross contamination. We recommend to consume Amy's Kitchen Halal frozen cheesepizza which is available in supermarkets.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  11-20-12 05:38:37
• assalamou alikum. u r rally doing a great thing for us muslims. but i want to know is chedder cheese halal or haraam. i think its haraam but people its halal. JAZAQALAHO KHIR MAY ALLAH BLESS U!!oh yes and is the cheese company silani halal or haraam? PLZ let me know. once again JAZZAKALLA!!!!! - fatima chowdhury

• AOA

  Cheddar Cheese is Halal only if there is Halal or Kosher symbol on the package. Therer is no Halal cheddar cheese in Canada. There are only two cheese are halal from Silani brand in Toronto supermarkets:

   

  Seach results for the term: cheese

  Total results generated: 27

  Halal Status	Product Name	Category	Product Brand	Comments	Supermarket
  	1% M. F. Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket
  	1% M. F. Cottage Cheese Snack	Cottage Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket
  	1% Milkfat Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Blue Menu		Loblaws Supermarket
  	1% Milkfat Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Great value		Wal-Mart Super Center
  	1%, 2% Milkfat Nordica Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Gray Lea		Food Basic Supermarket
  	1%, 2%, 4% Milkfat Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Gray Lea Nordic		Fresh Co (Old Price Chopper)
  	2% M.F. Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket
  	2% Milkfat Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Great value		Wal-Mart Super Center
  	Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Compliments		Fresh Co (Old Price Chopper)
  	Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Western		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Cream Cheese	Cream Cheese	Great value		Wal-Mart Super Center
  	Cream Cheese Regular	Cream Cheese	Tofutti		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Cream Cheese Spread - Chipotle	Cream Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Cream Cheese Spread - Dill	Cream Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Cream Cheese Spread - Original	Cream Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Feta Cheese	Feta Cheese	Trestelle		Food Basic Supermarket
  	Goat Feta Cheese	Feta Cheese	Silani		Food Basic Supermarket
  	Light Cream Cheese	Cream Cheese	Great value		Wal-Mart Super Center
  	Light Cream Cheese product	Cream Cheese	Western		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Mozzarella Cheese	Mozzarella Cheese	Silani		Food Basic Supermarket
  	Nordica On the Go Plain Cottage Cheese	Cottage Cheese	Gray Lea		Food Basic Supermarket
  	Omega 3 Ricotta Cheese	Ricotta Cheese	Trestelle	No carrageenan	Food Basic Supermarket
  	Original Cream Cheese Product	Cream Cheese	Western		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Regular Cream Cheese	Cream Cheese	Philadelphia		Food Basic Supermarket
  	Ricotta Whey Cheese	Ricotta Cheese	Blue Menu		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Soft Unripened Goat's Milk Cheese	Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket
  	Soft Unripened Goat's Milk Cheese - 4-Peppercorn	Cheese	President Choice		Loblaws Supermarket

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  11-13-12 17:34:15
• fd&C yellow no, 6 gelatin is used in Centram multi vitamin capsule, Is it halal or haram? - Faruk hossain

• AOA

  All Centrum vitamins are not Halal. Please go to our home page see the lsit of Halal vitamins.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  10-21-12 10:23:54
• This is in regards to an inquiry to Frito Lay Chips. They are saying all of their Kosher certified products are free of animal enzymes and flavors. From: Date: Feb 13, 2012 8:15 AM Subject: A Message from Consumer Relations - RE: one of our products, Reference #011850650A Thank you for writing to us. The products listed as not containing porcine enzymes could contain other animal enzymes. If you are needing to avoid only porcine enzymes, any product on this list would be safe for consumption. However, if you need to avoid all animal enzymes, you might want to avoid our snacks that list "cheese" and "whey" as ingredients. A number of our cheese seasonings are made with animal enzymes. Only a few snacks have animal flavors and they will always be listed on the ingredient statement, never hidden under "natural flavors." We have a list of kosher snacks on our website. All the snacks listed are free of animal enzymes and flavors. You'll find it in the "Your Health" section, under "For Special Dietary Needs." We consider you a valued consumer and hope you will continue to enjoy snacks from Frito-Lay. Best regards, Belinda Frito-Lay Consumer Relations 011850650A - Frito Lay Chips - Inquiry Answered.

• AOA

  Thanks br. Ahmad Khan, we have e-mail from Frito-Lay this year about the alcohol in flavor and based on the e-mail I have updated a list of Halal or not Halal Frito Lays potato chips and other products on our website on 4/12/12. There are 30 Halal potato chips llisted from Ruffle, lays, Sun Chip brands.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  09-30-12 12:58:33
• Is del taco fish taco halal?. I read the ingredient and did not see any haram items and del taco fast food is not on your list. Thank you. Zahra - Zahra

• AOA

  I have no information and they are not nationwide.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  09-20-12 17:46:06
• kindly tell me gimme and fiber choice tablets or chewable gums are halal or haram products.and also tell me all gelatin products are haram as some people says that only pork gelatin is haram,please guide me in this respect.thank you. - maliha

• AOA

  Most of the gums are made on same line where pork gelatin containing gums are made so they are not Halal. Please read on our home page information about which gelatin is Halal.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  09-03-12 22:31:37
• asa actually i wana know about pizza hut bcz information is so old so plz update about it - norin

• AOA

  If ingredients is same and cheese supperliers are same then pizza Hut cheese pizza is Halal.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  08-30-12 05:48:54
• Does this mean that Dreyers ice Cream are Halal now? TITLE: The Mushbooh status of those food products made with Carrageenan is changing to Halal status The Mushbooh status of those food products made with Carrageenan is changing to Halal status because the food companies are sending e-mails to indicate that Carrageenan used in their food products is not made with alcohol. So far the following food companies are not using alcohol treated Carrageenan in their food products: 1. Dean Foods 2. Kemps Foods 3. Dreyer Ice cream company - Ahmad Khan

• AOA

  All Dryers ice cream without flavor are Halal.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  08-25-12 23:50:40
• salam,it that pastamania restaurant is HALAL or what?thanks... - abdul rahman bin amat

• AOA

  I have no information.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  08-12-12 19:39:39
• Assalamualaikum, I recently inquired from a person working at McDonalds about the ingredients they use in their milkshakes/smoothies (wild berry, strawberry,etc) and she said they add yogurt in it. Now, on a pack of fruit and walnut salad from McDonald's which has yogurt in it and also has its ingredients listed, mentions the presence of gelatin. So, it is highly likely they use the same yogurt in shakes too because McDonalds usually has their own brand of products and thats what makes most sense to me. I wont be judging anything here because it would be wrong to come to a conclusion with just my observations but just wanted to let everybody know. Thanks and hope it helps. - Faisal

• AOA

  Any thing with gelatin is not Halal. The yogurt has to be Halal.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  07-15-12 03:21:47
• Hi, Did Canadian health depatment advised people for having a healtier life try to have less pork and alcohol? - Daryoush

• AOA

  I have no information.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  07-03-12 12:44:51
• Assalamualikum Brother Rasheed, Just wanted to know about the latest news on Coke and Pepsi containing alcohol. What is your take on this news and what is your recommendation? Jazakallah khair, Shereen - Shereen Nikhat

• AOA

  Please read our ALERT section about it.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  06-30-12 15:00:39
• I had got a reply back from Pringle about their Reduced Fat Sour Cream and Onion.They replied back saying that the Regular kind of Sour Cream and Onion and the Reduced Fat both have no alcohol in it at all. - Jazzy

• AOA

  Mashallah, could you forward that e-mail to Halalfoods@hotmail.com so that I can published them as Halal on this website.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  06-25-12 11:12:25
• I shan't to know if cadbury bournvita is hallal - salami ibrahim

• AOA

  I have no information.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  05-12-12 13:45:36
• sensodyne paste is halal - tariq butt

• AOA

  Sensodyne Toothpaste is not made with animal fat based ingredients.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  04-29-12 10:26:17
• Nutrilite IntetiFlora 7is a probiotic that comes in a flavorlessinstant dissolve powder can alcohol residue remain in powder or would it evaporate as some people claim Nutrilte is the largest supplier of vitamins minerals and herbal supplements worldwide ditributed by the Amway Corporation - Hashim Degia

• AOA

  All liquid Probiotic conatins alcohol and alcohol is evaportaed when they drid into powder but our ulema said when alcohol touch the Halal ingredients then those Halal ingredients became not Halal. Muslims can live without using Probiotic products because we get good bacteria from yogurts, sour cream and our stomach always have good bacteria. Probiotic products are good for Muslims if there was no alcoholic fermentation. It is same story with Kefir.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  04-25-12 12:28:36
• Esselamun Aleykum all.. ı would lıke to let you know that DAİRYLAND/SUTDIYARI CHEESE (feta) ıs not halal . They are ımported from Denmark to California to a company name KRADİJAN and ı have talked to the company ın Californıa and unfortunatly the cheeseses are not halal. The cheese beıgn sold ın a lot of ıslamıc markets . I hope thıs ınformatıon helps you all out. - askim kasap

• AOA

  Thanks for your information. If you send me photo copy of the whole Feta cheese, after evalutaion I can put it as not Halal on website because it is not availble here in Chicago.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  02-27-12 19:24:39
• I called kelsen company that makes Dani cookies and asked whether they use any pig product they said that they don't use lard but use butter. Secondly I asked if they use alcohol in vanilla they said they use sugar alcohol which does not intoxicate. Now I would like to know what is sugar alcohol. Can we eat these cookies. I spoke to the representative on this no 631 694 8080. Can you pleeeez verify. JazakaAllah khair wasalam - Umm moaz

• AOA

  Rules for Halal status of Dani 's Danish Butter cookies that it should have a kosher symbol and no alcohol in flavor, no vanilla extract.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  02-03-12 13:14:09
• I personally spoke to ms savita of deep foods about the frozen foods being haram. I was surprised to find out that she didn\\\'t know what haraam actually is. When I ask if potato samosas and their naans have by any chance some non zabiha meat ingredient or alcohol she said no there is nothing like that however she said she doesn\\\'t know if potatoes are halal...lol.a general statement on your site puts a lot of us in doubt coZ when we try to tell others they want to know what exactly is the ingrdedient that is haram. According to ms savita now their frozen meat products have halal logo which wasn\\\'t there before. You can further verify it for ur information. Jaza ka Allah khair and wasalam - Umm moaz

• AOA

  We do not pit somebody Halal certified food products on our website because we do not their Halal criteria. Some Halal organizations such as IFANCA certified food products containing alcohol in flavor. They claimed on their website they accept a product Halal if alcohol content is 0.50%. Deep Food is owned by Hindu, they told me at that time they are looking for Halal certification. We said their frozen products are not Halal based on their answers to my question. We stick to our statement, if you do not follow our advise you are free to use their products.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  02-03-12 13:09:47
• does Tang orange drink mix have any alcohol ? - lakhani

• AOA

  Only liquid tang has alcohol in flavor not dry mix.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  11-09-11 14:19:58
• Why is the cheese on Little Caesar pizza's Haram? I emailed some questions and they called back saying that the cheese, sauce, and dough contain no animal by-products or alcohol, doesn't this mean that Little Caesars is Halal? They also said that they have seperate cutters for the meat pizza and seperate cutters for the veggie pizzas. When I asked about the baking pan they said you can try to request a cleaned pan. Thank you for your answer. - Saira

• AOA

  You do not understand the technical requirement of Halal cheese but you read at our INgredients section. We tried them to answer technical questions but they refused. Who know what they are adding. The crust and pizza sauce is Halal, you can order without cheese. Little Caesar cheese pizza is not Halal because cheese is not Halal.

  
  Category: News & Alerts
  08-15-11 09:26:51

HALAL STATUS SYMBOLS

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MCG'S HALAL CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Please fill out the application form from site or obtained through e-mail or fax.

Please click here for Certification Procedure

If your products pass the Halal requirements then signing the contract including number of inspection per year, record keeping, number of products to be Halal certified and service fees for Halal certification.

MCG'S HALAL REQUIREMENTS:

Raw material, processing aid ingredients, processing, sanitation chemicals and packaging should meet the Islamic dietary requirements.

MCG will not consider a natural or artificial flavor as Halal if ethyl alcohol is used as a solvent or carrier and if the flavoring ingredients are not from Halal source.